Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.

The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.

Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.

The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.

This award is given annually in honor of former Governor Joe Frank Harris, whose administration was noted for improvements in education, and who serves as a Distinguished Executive Fellow in the Andrew Young School. It is given to a Georgia resident student or students in the school based on academic merit.

The award was established to honor the late Dan E. Sweat, a Georgia State alumnus and long-time Atlanta civic leader. An assistantship is awarded annually to one or more deserving graduate students with career interests in public service.

The Outstanding Doctoral Student is awarded by the Andrew Young School's Department of Public Management and Policy faculty to a Ph.D. in Public Policy candidate who best exemplifies academic excellence and an ongoing commitment to scholarship in the field of public policy.

This award recognizes high academic standing and professional promise to both undergraduate and graduate students in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies' Department of Public Management and Policy.

The Graduate Academic Achievement Award is presented to the student who has maintained the highest grade point average for the calendar year in the Master of Science in Criminal Justice degree program.

The Excellence in Teaching award recognizes a student who, in the judgment of the Andrew Young School's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology faculty, has performed exceptionally well in this area.

This merit-based scholarship is awarded to an exceptional student pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in criminal justice in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

This annual award was established in honor of Mark E. Schaefer, a professor of economics at Georgia State University, to recognize the student with the highest grade point average in the Master of Arts in Economics program.

The Student Leadership award is given annually to a student who exhibits exemplary leadership within the Andrew Young School's Department of Public Management and Policy. Leadership factors considered include involvement in student organizations and other student initiatives that benefit the department and attendance at PMAP career and professional research events. This student is an ambassador representing the policy school and PMAP department to the greater Atlanta community

The Best Research Paper Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the Public Management and Policy program, selected by a faculty committee. Student papers were nominated by faculty on topics ranging from privatization, human resource issues in the public and private sector, public finance and financial management.

The Economics Award is presented to an undergraduate at the Andrew Young School of Policy studies at Georgia State University who achieves the highest grade point average in economics courses above the 2000 level and demonstrates a commitment to the study of economics.

The Economics Student Achievement Award signifies academic excellence and outstanding service in the economics student community. It is presented to an outstanding senior majoring in economics at Georgia State University.

This award was established in memory of Diane B. Davis, who exemplified high standards of professional practice. Vermilya was selected to receive the award for demonstrating a consistency of competency and creativity in social work while maintaining at or above a 3.75 grade point average.

Field Placement awards recognize School of Social Work students who have, in the judgment of the school's faculty, gone above and beyond in their field placement while demonstrating initiative and creativity.

This award, established in memory of James Ancil Lewis, honors his exemplary work in respiratory therapy: from his graduation in 1973 until his death in 1992. This award is given to a junior in the program who exemplifies Mr. Lewis' characteristics of service to others, particularly in clinical work and direct patient care.